Reminders:
Tomorrow: June 8, 2017
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Topic: "Open Discussion" Member success stories & brick walls plus updates on genealogical sites and methods.
The Mary In Your Tree: Solving Brick Walls By Reaching Out:
LegacyTree Genealogists"Genealogists are sometimes thought of as loners. The image of the researcher, up to his elbows in notes in a dim room of the library with his nose buried in a microfilm reader for hours on end is a familiar one. We tend to be an independent group, capable of singular laser-focus, burning the midnight oil scouring books, websites, databases, microfilm, and photographs for those tiny clues that we hope will solve everything. Admittedly, this can be a lonely pursuit, and some people prefer it that way; but it’s important to remember that as we labor to fulfill the ideal of reasonably exhaustive research, we can do ourselves a disservice if we try to do it all alone."
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DNA Is Like Fertilizer For My Family Tree:
Hound on the Hunt"Today I realized that my DNA results are like fertilizer for my family tree. As each new cousin match comes to light if that cousin has taken the time to add their tree to their DNA I get an opportunity to see if I can understand how we connect. Of course one of the major challenges is that often that cousin hasn’t attached a tree. Sometimes because they don’t want to but sometimes it’s just because they don’t know how to connect their tree. In those cases, you just have to contact them and hope they reply. But if they are a more distant match you probably won’t try."
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Does Your Family Keep a Memory Scrapbook?
FamilySearch"I heard my father’s voice the other day.
I cried.
The last time I heard it was in 2008. It was fall when Dad died. I miss him every day. His voice sat on my shelf for almost nine years, captured on an old VHS tape that was recently discovered."
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About Our June 28th Monthly Meeting:
VGSComplete information about our June 28th meeting is now available.
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Tech:
What Is a .DOCX File, and How Is It Different from a .DOC File in Microsoft Word?
How-to-Geek"For most of its long history, Microsoft Word has used a proprietary format for its saved files, DOC. Starting in 2007 with the updated version of Word (and Microsoft Office), the default save format was changed to DOCX. This wasn’t simply a belated 1990s “extreme” version of the format—that extra X stands for the Office Open XML standard. What’s the difference, and which one should you use?"
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How to Change the Login Screen Background on Windows 10:
How-to-Geek"You can easily set any image you like as your login screen background on Windows 10. This was complicated in the initial release of Windows 10, but Microsoft made it simple with the Anniversary Update."
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Education:
Death Certificates: Your Doorway to Your Ancestor’s Life:
Ancestral Findings"It might seem strange that a death certificate, which is a document of an ending, could be the beginning of your journey into your ancestor’s life. However, a death certificate can hold a wealth of information that either directly tells you things about your ancestor that you didn’t know, or points you to where you can find more substantial and important information."
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Today's Webinar Reminder:
Researching Your Minnesota Ancestors:
Legacy Family Tree Webinars"The resources for tracing Minnesota ancestry are plentiful and the number of indexes, digitized records, and microform editions are growing constantly. The plentiful published indexes, guides, and histories are also important to your research. Many of these are accessible no matter where you live. Many Minnesota related records and publications have been, and continue to be, preserved. "
Today, June 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
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